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i don't know if bill clinton would want to do it. i've asked him that question in an interview i did with him a few months back. he didn't say no. he didn't say yes. but i think they need someone of that caliber to -- assuming that they achieve a cease-fire and that there's no great guarantee that they will, let's say they do, they need to follow up quickly with trying to get negotiations under way. a peace process that would lead to what they call a two-state solution. israel and palestine. they need someone of that caliber to lead the negotiations. if he's willing to do it, if the president's willing to ask him, i think that would probably be a positive step that would be welcomed by the israelis and the palestinians. >> stand by again, wolf. we're going to bring in fred bl pleitgen. he's in gaza city. he's going to talk more about the media center, building under attack in the last two days by israel. what more can you tell us? >> reporter: it appears as though the media center that was targeted in gaza, this is the second time in
i don't know if bill clinton would want to do it. i've asked him that question in an interview i did with him a few months back. he didn't say no. he didn't say yes. but i think they need someone of that caliber to -- assuming that they achieve a cease-fire and that there's no great guarantee that they will, let's say they do, they need to follow up quickly with trying to get negotiations under way. a peace process that would lead to what they call a two-state solution. israel and palestine....
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senator john mccain suggesting to bring in bill clinton as a peace negotiator and calling him an honest broker to go in to handle it. and now let's go to aymon goldien. >> well, palestinian forces have left today alone 25 people killed. these targets have varied in range and scope. one incident took place on sunday that is drawing strong condemnation from people here and several around the world saying that it may have amounted to a massacre at the house of one leading member of a hamas militant. according to israel, this is a house belonging to a senior official of hamas, but at the same time there were 12 people inside of that house, including four women and four children. all of them killed. so many people are condemning that attack. meanwhile, it is nighttime here and the people of gaza are bracing themselves for what could be another night of deadly attacks despite the diplomatic activity in cairo. negotiations are under way as well as palestinian factions as to what to do next, but those here in gaza say they are preparing for a ground invasion, and meaning if israel launches a wa
senator john mccain suggesting to bring in bill clinton as a peace negotiator and calling him an honest broker to go in to handle it. and now let's go to aymon goldien. >> well, palestinian forces have left today alone 25 people killed. these targets have varied in range and scope. one incident took place on sunday that is drawing strong condemnation from people here and several around the world saying that it may have amounted to a massacre at the house of one leading member of a hamas...
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in the 1990s, there was a presidential endorsement as president bill clinton included a twinkie in the millennium time capsule. we've seen it put to the test for shelf life. now the twinkie needs someone to come to its rescue or we'll have to say goodbye to the twinkie for good. >> i once remember having a deep-fried twinkie at the minnesota state fair. that's a good memory. we have much more aned the next hour of "cnn saturday morning", which starts right now. >>> good morning, everyone. i'm randi kaye. glad you're with us. on the brink of war, as fighting escalates between israel and hamas, experts say there will likely be a lot more bloodshed before the violence stops. we are only 45 days away until the fiscal cliff deadline. could a deal get done before it's too late? we'll take a look at the likelihood of that happening or not. >>> and pets abandoned because of superstorm sandy. four-legged victims in need of help. i'll take you on a ride along with their new guardians. >>> despite calls around the world for restraint, the situation along the israeli-gaza board ser rder is deterio
in the 1990s, there was a presidential endorsement as president bill clinton included a twinkie in the millennium time capsule. we've seen it put to the test for shelf life. now the twinkie needs someone to come to its rescue or we'll have to say goodbye to the twinkie for good. >> i once remember having a deep-fried twinkie at the minnesota state fair. that's a good memory. we have much more aned the next hour of "cnn saturday morning", which starts right now. >>> good...
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. >> reporter: bill clinton's scandal may have wrecked his presidency but eventually he got to become the elder statesman, whe whe wheremonica lewinsky will always be "that woman." >> i understand she has a $12 million book deal to write about that, but nonetheless that's the brand she now has, she's been branded. >> reporter: the attorney gloria allred, specializes on helping women cash in on rich and powerful cheaters, tiger woods and herman cain, saying the men can restore their good names by, in part, accepting financial responsibility. >> the american people are sx treatmently forgiving as long as high level person steps up and takes responsibility. ask for forgiveness. >> reporter: except for john edwards. >> john edwards is always the glaring exception because that was so egregious. >> reporter: john edwards not only cheated on his wife, he fared a baby and a time when his beloved wife was dying of cancer, so for him redemption may be tricker. as society do we reserve special contempt for a woman perceived as a homewrecker, especially when a powerful man is involved? >> the ver
. >> reporter: bill clinton's scandal may have wrecked his presidency but eventually he got to become the elder statesman, whe whe wheremonica lewinsky will always be "that woman." >> i understand she has a $12 million book deal to write about that, but nonetheless that's the brand she now has, she's been branded. >> reporter: the attorney gloria allred, specializes on helping women cash in on rich and powerful cheaters, tiger woods and herman cain, saying the men...
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go to oralb.com for the latest offers. >>> former president bill clinton's familiarity with pain killers goes back to when he lived in the white house. have you ever been prescribed a medication like this? >> well, i did take some painkillers when i tore my -- 90% of my quadracep, but i tried to be very careful and i was in a lot of pain. >> and years after leaving the oval office, he once again would need pain pills. he and his doctors were cautious. >> after my heart surgery, you know, i hurt pretty bad for three weeks so i got some medicine, but i really tried to get off it as quick as i could and my doctors were really good about it, you know, telling me, take this if it's killing you, but be careful. >> poison center this is rosie. >> be careful, it's warning that might prevent call after call pouring in here at the washington poison center. >> poison center, this is debra. >> i wasn't getting pain relief and i took too many oxycodone. i, took, um, five ten-milligram oxycodone, and i'm feeling really shaky, light-headed. i'm just nervous. >> for the most part this hasn't been recogn
go to oralb.com for the latest offers. >>> former president bill clinton's familiarity with pain killers goes back to when he lived in the white house. have you ever been prescribed a medication like this? >> well, i did take some painkillers when i tore my -- 90% of my quadracep, but i tried to be very careful and i was in a lot of pain. >> and years after leaving the oval office, he once again would need pain pills. he and his doctors were cautious. >> after my...
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even as high-ranking, frankly, as former president bill clinton to go and be the negotiator. i know he would hate me for saying that, but we need a person of enormous prestige and influence to have these parties sit down together as an honest broker. >> in 1993 president clinton brought then palestinian leader yasser air fought, and then israeli prime minister brabine together for an iconic handshake at the white house. he also had the first face-to-face agreement between the -- ultimately, it did not fulfill either side's expectations. president clinton tried again at the camp david 2000 summit, but, again, it ended without an agreement on the peace -- on peace in the region. james ruben serves as president clinton's assistant secretary of state for public affairs. he is joining us from new york. jamie, good to see you, as always. if you were advising the president here, do you think he should accept the task? >> well, i think bill clinton will do what's asked much him, but i think it's fair to say the circumstances are very, very different today than they were back, i guess
even as high-ranking, frankly, as former president bill clinton to go and be the negotiator. i know he would hate me for saying that, but we need a person of enormous prestige and influence to have these parties sit down together as an honest broker. >> in 1993 president clinton brought then palestinian leader yasser air fought, and then israeli prime minister brabine together for an iconic handshake at the white house. he also had the first face-to-face agreement between the --...
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is it possible for bill clinton to step in? >> steve: who changed the wheat white talking points of libya. taking terror out of the picture. the top inteleadmitted that something doesn't smell right here >> brian: they have no idea what you are wearing. hurricane damaged homes are so damaged that the city may not get a chance to tell the homeowners before plowing through. nice. "fox and friends", starts right now. ♪ ♪ "fox and friends". >> steve: welcome to studio e. it is monday before thanksgiving. alyson is in for gretchen. you have a new hair cut? >> no, a new style. >> steve: brian and i find a picture in 17 magazine and take it to the person. >> brian: and you are storting the bieber as i can see this morning. they are so talented they can do anything. >> brian: i look at cap. that's what i perfect. did i mention there is war in the middle east? israel and gaza. >> they are on the brink. we are looking live at the israeli/gaza border. it is now day sixth of the israeli crisis. they are waiting for a word of a possible
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. >> can'tou see bill clinton getting on the phone to barack obama and saying, you remember what i did back in 19 whenever. i made the republicans' response will be closing down the government. they never got over it. destroy them. lou: i think that actually i would not be surprised if bill clinton is not orchestrated the whole thing right now, if you will, behind the curtain. >> i would not be surprised if president obama was on the phone with a regular basis with former president clinton talking about what occurred in 95. they did force the government shut down and it was the end of republicans for a while. it was pretty extraordinary. >> barack obama campaigned on this issue. think he will dig his heels in, and he very successfully painted republans as obstructionists. that is at it will be blamed i agree with you. i think he will dig his heels in. not so sure that the republican leaders will dig their heels and on the taxhikes. i'm not sure where this will go. a see a potential for republicans giving, not barack obama. >> i would like to say that i see a potential for both mcconnel
. >> can'tou see bill clinton getting on the phone to barack obama and saying, you remember what i did back in 19 whenever. i made the republicans' response will be closing down the government. they never got over it. destroy them. lou: i think that actually i would not be surprised if bill clinton is not orchestrated the whole thing right now, if you will, behind the curtain. >> i would not be surprised if president obama was on the phone with a regular basis with former president...
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what they should do, but will not, you want clinton type of tax rate that we had back in the 1990s, okay, give us that clinton type of error. in return, we want spending levels proportion to the economy. repeal obamacare. republicans should go on offense instead of just letting the democrats define the terms of debate. dagen: do you think that all of the tax rate should go up? >> no. no. dagen: just for the wealthy, you are talking about. >> i do not want any tax increases. critics will say: oh, you are just kicking the can down the road. fine, that will help save the economy. that things will happen. connell: just in terms of perspective, the economy and numbers we report every day, you could make an argument that things are getting a little bit better. the housing data is turning around. some people say time heals wounds. >> all the more reason not to hurt the economy. there are numerous new regulations coming under obamacare. that will hurt. you have numerous regulations coming from dodd-frank. that will hurt. put them to the third degree. why in the world do you want to pile that on
what they should do, but will not, you want clinton type of tax rate that we had back in the 1990s, okay, give us that clinton type of error. in return, we want spending levels proportion to the economy. repeal obamacare. republicans should go on offense instead of just letting the democrats define the terms of debate. dagen: do you think that all of the tax rate should go up? >> no. no. dagen: just for the wealthy, you are talking about. >> i do not want any tax increases. critics...
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interesting conversation you had with the former president, bill clinton. >> he is the one who sort of called me about this originally. i have talked to him many times the years. i have never heard him quite like this he lost two friends -- two friends lost their sons within a few days of each other due to this problem, accidental deaths due to prescription drug overdose. i talked to him about several things related to, they really wanted to talk, don about this issue. i wanted you to hear a small part of what he said. >> okay. >> 80% of the world's pain prescriptions are in this country. 80%. does that surprise you? >> i didn't know that. no, because -- >> that a cultural problem? >> it is cultural. people think, i have got a headache or i have got this or my elbow is sore, whatever, and look, i don't want to minimize, there are a lot of people who live courageous lives in constant pain. but there's no question that since we represent 5% of the world's people, we got no business popping as many pills as we do. >> how did we get to the point we consume, collectively, so many painkiller
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. >> he held himself to a much higher standard he would have been bill clinton. >> bill: all right. let's segway into chicago it's not an easy segway. rahm immanuel is the mayor there as you know. he is going to ban vending machines that doesn't sell stuff that he doesn't like almost like bloomberg in morning. garbage food, sodas and all of that. replace them with healthy vending machines. meanwhile the chicago murder rate is going out of the park. and you say? >> listen, you can still buy a vote in a machine in chicago, can't you? that is still intact. listen, you know, local in chicago only two pieces of bacon wrapped around something. i don't know that this is the end of the world. but i would point out that this is what the woodstock generation don't tell us anything about anything, woe don't trust the man. i just hope that everybody out there recognizes that they have become big brother. they want to be involved in every single asset. their parents who drove them to become dropouts were never this intrusive as they are now. figuratively they are the parent and the biggest of al
. >> he held himself to a much higher standard he would have been bill clinton. >> bill: all right. let's segway into chicago it's not an easy segway. rahm immanuel is the mayor there as you know. he is going to ban vending machines that doesn't sell stuff that he doesn't like almost like bloomberg in morning. garbage food, sodas and all of that. replace them with healthy vending machines. meanwhile the chicago murder rate is going out of the park. and you say? >> listen, you...
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. >> we heard bill clinton had his office affair with the young intern who was a child. his risk was crazy risk. and i guess david petraeus was also as the director of the central inteleagency for goodness sakes. is the appeal so strong it doesn't matter you risk even the presidency of the united states. historic important and significant post and risked that for a piece on the side. >> if you are not thinking it through, yeah. >> is it true that men. i speak now knowing and you know, i know that i am a decade clean and sober now. and i am trying to forget what happened before. but to throw everything away potentially for a little nooky in nit is depending if you get the urge and go for it but there are consequences. >> who power is the approdizziac. >> he controlled himself for 38 years. >> i absolutely believe that. when he tells trusted people like the colonel who were on earlier that this is the first time, i feel sorry for him that you know, i do feel sorry for him. he was a wonderful general and a wonderful director of the cia, and should america evolve enough or h
. >> we heard bill clinton had his office affair with the young intern who was a child. his risk was crazy risk. and i guess david petraeus was also as the director of the central inteleagency for goodness sakes. is the appeal so strong it doesn't matter you risk even the presidency of the united states. historic important and significant post and risked that for a piece on the side. >> if you are not thinking it through, yeah. >> is it true that men. i speak now knowing and...
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stuart: bill clinton did not start out with a trillion dollars worth of deficits. at the time it was the highest deficit we'd ever had. stuart: nowhere near the proportion of gdp we have now. >> we have much bigger problems and they require much bigger solutions, and everyone's got-- everyone here and that's why this election turned out wait it did. stuart: the r here is where i want to leave it. i've got something to say and you can counter it. this president, president obama wants to punish the rich. he doesn't like that, no? >> absolutely not. he wants fairness because a lot of people in this country knew the deck was stacked against them and then they saw people like mitt romney who maybe, maybe paid 15%, probably paid less than that. they want everyone to pay their fair share. and this is about fairness. stuart: 1% of the population pays 40% of all the taxes raised, half the population pays nothing and that is fair? i don't think so. mary anne, always a pleasure. >> i think. stuart: always a pleasure. >> all right, stuart, thank you. stuart: come and see us, t
stuart: bill clinton did not start out with a trillion dollars worth of deficits. at the time it was the highest deficit we'd ever had. stuart: nowhere near the proportion of gdp we have now. >> we have much bigger problems and they require much bigger solutions, and everyone's got-- everyone here and that's why this election turned out wait it did. stuart: the r here is where i want to leave it. i've got something to say and you can counter it. this president, president obama wants to...
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clinton, if the spouse forgives you, then who are we to judge? >> reporter: levic has the same advice for petraeus's alleged former mistress paula broadwell. disappear. avoid those photo ones that keep the story in the news. but becoming invisible might not be easy for someone as ambitious as broadwell. >> my long-term goal would be to become national security adviser. >> reporter: according to "time" magazine she was even tempted with no political experience to run for the u.s. senate in north carolina. so if disappearing is step one, what is step two? >> step two is the resurrection. we're in the holiday season. it is the resurrection. >> reporter: beginning early next year, petraeus should give an interview to a top policy oriented print journalist. avoid tv interviews, and do a speaking tour in europe where they'll care more about policy than adultery. then, come back home and start rebuilding his career. and the story gets even stranger norah. the "new york daily news" is reporting that the e-mails that broadwell sent to socialite jill kelle
clinton, if the spouse forgives you, then who are we to judge? >> reporter: levic has the same advice for petraeus's alleged former mistress paula broadwell. disappear. avoid those photo ones that keep the story in the news. but becoming invisible might not be easy for someone as ambitious as broadwell. >> my long-term goal would be to become national security adviser. >> reporter: according to "time" magazine she was even tempted with no political experience to run...
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look, bill clinton might do a good job there. nothing against bill clinton, it just seems early this the process, why not allow the secretary of state, for that matter the president to take care of it instead. i think it's premature. maybe later on as we get further down the path, but i'm not sure what the purpose was right there from senator mccain. >> michael, much has been happening behind the scene, these discussions about a cease-fire. so if that piece is reached and reached, you know, later this afternoon, early into tonight, how much credit do you think that the u.s. can claim in all that? the secretary of state is on her way there, the president has made all the overnight phone calls to speak with morsi, to oversee this process. >> well, i think by your description and your reporting that the president has been pretty hands on in this process thus far. and therefore, if it resolves with the cease-fire, i think they're deserving of some credit. the challenge though becomes -- i don't want to presuppose there will be a ceas
look, bill clinton might do a good job there. nothing against bill clinton, it just seems early this the process, why not allow the secretary of state, for that matter the president to take care of it instead. i think it's premature. maybe later on as we get further down the path, but i'm not sure what the purpose was right there from senator mccain. >> michael, much has been happening behind the scene, these discussions about a cease-fire. so if that piece is reached and reached, you...
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you talk about bringing bill clinton back in, the master of arithmetic. what did president obama call him? the master of how to count things or whatever. then you have the loser who had some interesting ideas about getting rid of deductions it seems. where do you see the real plus of these two fellows coming in on this deal and helping the president cut a deal? >> chris, the real theme of the piece, my long time colleague nelson cunningham and i wrote, we have to have all hands on deck to solve these issues that are clearly before us. they're solvable but not without a sense of purpose and unity. basically you have president clinton who has the credibility of balancing the budget and then leaving a surplus. that's a pretty strong record to stand on and a lot of knowledge and experience. secondly, you hit it, he is -- he does do arithmetic well. he's also a pretty good salesman, pretty good persuader. i think you have those two great attributes with the former president. and governor romney, he's a problem solver, he's a business person. he knows how to re
you talk about bringing bill clinton back in, the master of arithmetic. what did president obama call him? the master of how to count things or whatever. then you have the loser who had some interesting ideas about getting rid of deductions it seems. where do you see the real plus of these two fellows coming in on this deal and helping the president cut a deal? >> chris, the real theme of the piece, my long time colleague nelson cunningham and i wrote, we have to have all hands on deck to...
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tim is a former economic advisor to president bill clinton, former advisor to the senate finance committee and a partner with monument policy group. gentlemen, good to see you. jonathan, let me start with you. is it really unrealistic to think that a far reaching fiscal grand bargain can actually be hammered out during this brief lame duck session with all the holidays, or is it more likely that an interim deal which postpones all elements of the fiscal cliff will be signed? >> i think it's possible because i think a lot of conversations have been happening over the last several months. one thing that has to be very, very clear for republicans is whenever they're talking about raising taxes, they're getting into some potentially very, very dangerous territory. the reason for that is simple, because whenever these budget deals happen, the tax increases always take place immediately, but the spending cuts are enacted over two years o'clock five years, ten years. five years from now, we'll have a different congress, different members of congress, they're not going to feel bound to whatever de
tim is a former economic advisor to president bill clinton, former advisor to the senate finance committee and a partner with monument policy group. gentlemen, good to see you. jonathan, let me start with you. is it really unrealistic to think that a far reaching fiscal grand bargain can actually be hammered out during this brief lame duck session with all the holidays, or is it more likely that an interim deal which postpones all elements of the fiscal cliff will be signed? >> i think...
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president bill clinton to former new york congressman anthony wiener. we'll take a look at powerful people behaving badly. so what do you think? basic. at meineke i have options... like oil changes starting at $19.95. my money. my choice. my meineke. >>> we're waiting for president obama. he is in new york right now getting a close-up look at the damage from hurricane sandy. he is in staten island. he will be addressing the photographers, reporters there that facility. as soon as he goes up to the podium, we'll bring that to you live. >>> petraeus might be the most recent example of a powerful person having an extramarital affair. not the first. more than 200 years ago, founding father hamilton admitted to cheating. in recent years, president kennedy's affairs, lyndon b. johnson allegedly had a buzzer that sounded when his wife was on the way. what makes powerful people do it? clinical psychologist jeff gardere joining us. >> good to see you. >> when you look at the example of petraeus and whether the affair, the e-mails, powerful person and the two wom
president bill clinton to former new york congressman anthony wiener. we'll take a look at powerful people behaving badly. so what do you think? basic. at meineke i have options... like oil changes starting at $19.95. my money. my choice. my meineke. >>> we're waiting for president obama. he is in new york right now getting a close-up look at the damage from hurricane sandy. he is in staten island. he will be addressing the photographers, reporters there that facility. as soon as he...
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also republican congressman raul labrador, former white house chief of staff for bill clinton john podesta, and our friend gop strategist mike murphy. welcome to everybody. yes, i want to get to as much as we can, including some of the republican fallout a little bit later. >>> andrea, bottom line, this furious debate and new facts we've gotten here on benghazi and susan rice this morning. >> mike rogers, the republican chair, threw a hand grenade into the middle of this table when he suggested that the president of the united states might have had prior knowledge before the election of what was going on with david petraeus, that eric holder was aware of it, the attorney general, and that it's not credible that eric holder would not have told the president. this will raise a lot of questions. holder will be called to attention on the hill. the other thing is the disconnect between what the senators believe, which was that there was not an intelligence failure but there was certainly a failure then to follow up. did the state department, why did the state department not increase security, n
also republican congressman raul labrador, former white house chief of staff for bill clinton john podesta, and our friend gop strategist mike murphy. welcome to everybody. yes, i want to get to as much as we can, including some of the republican fallout a little bit later. >>> andrea, bottom line, this furious debate and new facts we've gotten here on benghazi and susan rice this morning. >> mike rogers, the republican chair, threw a hand grenade into the middle of this table...
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bill clinton almost got a middle east peace deal in the second term. so i do think there's a sense when you look abroad the president has more opportunities to leave a mark. >> john do you think, those that the scandal involving cia director former cia director david petraeus could derail the efforts he's trying to get going here? >> this one won't derail it but it's a very good example of the kind of thing that tends to turn up for season in more in a second term. you know iran-contra for president reagan rather famously president clinton's impeachment was in the second term. so it may not be this one, but, you know there is kind of a coincidence that time consuming scandals do pop up in those last four years. >> it's interesting you bring up legacy. one of the issues with the fiscal cliff is what kind of legacy would john boehner or the president leave behind when they leave office if they can't get a deal done and what about a second term compromising and going your own route. >> terrific point. the big things that have happened in our country's his
bill clinton almost got a middle east peace deal in the second term. so i do think there's a sense when you look abroad the president has more opportunities to leave a mark. >> john do you think, those that the scandal involving cia director former cia director david petraeus could derail the efforts he's trying to get going here? >> this one won't derail it but it's a very good example of the kind of thing that tends to turn up for season in more in a second term. you know...
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i mean, bill clinton went through -- he was keel hauled. >> yeah, yeah. >> this guy get a single side note. >> just a pesky asterisk. but, you know, politicians and presidents for years in washington have been using david petraeus as cover. if you can get underneath -- >> republicans said that name over and over. >> wrap yourself in the petraeus flag and you got immunity from almost anything. >> what is president obama worried about petraeus? >> i think it's -- i think he's being gracious now. i think maybe buyer's remorse, some people once you get into the details of this whacky situation, they're thinking maybe he should have stuck with him, maybe everything moved too fast, maybe he's -- he did what he did but maybe he's the victim -- >> before you jump to that, and i am -- the older i get the more leaning i get towards these -- >> meaning -- >> if it got out he had this affair with the reporter and also got out that the president knowing about it had kept him in office, what would that have been like? >> that would have been bad. the only way you can do this is if you make a clean
i mean, bill clinton went through -- he was keel hauled. >> yeah, yeah. >> this guy get a single side note. >> just a pesky asterisk. but, you know, politicians and presidents for years in washington have been using david petraeus as cover. if you can get underneath -- >> republicans said that name over and over. >> wrap yourself in the petraeus flag and you got immunity from almost anything. >> what is president obama worried about petraeus? >> i think...
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susan rice is appointing bill clinton as a marriage counselor. she has done nothing. we're in the passenger seat of car driven by 16-year-old that got his driver's lie sense and is texting. that's what i feel like. it call them the keystone cop ks but that would be insulting to them. the media is following the juicy pieces of gossip. we are forgetting about the important issue, benghazi. say it again to piss you off, bob. we spent so much time on the valerie plaem affair. they made in a movie and put it on cover of "vanity fair" and it was a stupid scandal. four people are dead in benghazi and we are talking about pages of e-mails. >> bob: let me ask you a question. because you don't like what she did on benghazi going around to the sunday talk show, name me one thing you know about her that disqualifies her for secretary of state? >> greg: that is enough for me. >> dana: she has had a less than shining career as u.n. ambassador. >> bob: how so. >> dana: she has big shoes to fill. but presidents get to choose who they want and if she is confirmed by the senate i wish
susan rice is appointing bill clinton as a marriage counselor. she has done nothing. we're in the passenger seat of car driven by 16-year-old that got his driver's lie sense and is texting. that's what i feel like. it call them the keystone cop ks but that would be insulting to them. the media is following the juicy pieces of gossip. we are forgetting about the important issue, benghazi. say it again to piss you off, bob. we spent so much time on the valerie plaem affair. they made in a movie...
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while i do like the idea of sending bill clinton back to see if the talks can be revived the movement simply may not be propitious, for the broader agreement beyond seeking a cease-fire to the current fireworks there are too many moving pieces of and deep seated hostilities that need to be resolveed. with appropriate encourages egypt could join turkey with is mod raid islamic nation helping us thread a needle in this tortured region. this is where real diplomacy is needed not theatrics by disappointed republicans. let's go back to that age old these talking points, that the right have, about the "heavy i want to have that conversation. let's talk about it. really? you're going to lay people off because now the government is going to help you fund your healthcare. really? i want to have those conversations, not to be confrontational, but to understand what the other side is saying, and i'd like to arm our viewers with the ability to argue with their conservative uncle joe over the dinner table. smiles make more smiles. when the chocolate is hershey's. life is delicious. [ voice of denn
while i do like the idea of sending bill clinton back to see if the talks can be revived the movement simply may not be propitious, for the broader agreement beyond seeking a cease-fire to the current fireworks there are too many moving pieces of and deep seated hostilities that need to be resolveed. with appropriate encourages egypt could join turkey with is mod raid islamic nation helping us thread a needle in this tortured region. this is where real diplomacy is needed not theatrics by...
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we saw with ronald reagan and bill clinton. with a second term and a better economy, you can achieve a lot and become quite popular in the process? does obama have that in him? what do you want him to do now that he has four more years? >> the big thing he has going for him, he has four years he doesn't have to worry about getting re-elected. they start these elections about two years ahead of time usually. and that's where their focus goes on how do i keep doing this job, whether i'm a senator, congressman, or whatever it is, if you are a career politician, you always look out for yourself first. when the president's in this position, having been elected a second time, now he has nothing to lose. >> where do you you this he's been weak and where does he need to be stronger? >> i think he's been weak. my son was a huge obama supporter until obama ordered that american's death with the drone and then he lost my son. my son was so offended that a president could kill a united states citizen without a trial, without anything like
we saw with ronald reagan and bill clinton. with a second term and a better economy, you can achieve a lot and become quite popular in the process? does obama have that in him? what do you want him to do now that he has four more years? >> the big thing he has going for him, he has four years he doesn't have to worry about getting re-elected. they start these elections about two years ahead of time usually. and that's where their focus goes on how do i keep doing this job, whether i'm a...
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while i do like the idea of sending bill clinton back to see if the talks can be revived the movement simply may not be propitious, for the broader agreement beyond seeking a cease-fire to the current fireworks there are too many moving pieces of and deep seated hostilities that need to be resolveed. with appropriate encourages egypt could join turkey with is mod raid islamic nation helping us thread a needle in this tortured region. this is where real diplomacy is needed not theatrics by disappointed republicans. let's go back to that age old maxim politics stops at the water's edge. that's my view. brought to you by the all new doge dart. dodge, new rules. >> eliot: when jobs began vanishing by the millions in 2008 more and more americans would learn a new government acronym--snap. supplemental nutrition assistance program. some people still call it food stamps. last year snap helped 45 million people. half of them children. in the 1970s america almost had the hunger problem licked but now the poverty has gone up. one in six americans and one in five children lived in homes that cou
while i do like the idea of sending bill clinton back to see if the talks can be revived the movement simply may not be propitious, for the broader agreement beyond seeking a cease-fire to the current fireworks there are too many moving pieces of and deep seated hostilities that need to be resolveed. with appropriate encourages egypt could join turkey with is mod raid islamic nation helping us thread a needle in this tortured region. this is where real diplomacy is needed not theatrics by...
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as bill clinton would say it's just arithmetic >> brown: many talk that way and then come in and then look where we are. a very divided country. very divided government. can you give me a specific example of something that interests you, a subject for us now whether fiscal, environmental, energy immigration all kinds of things on the table you're walking into. how would you bridge the difference? >> well, i think one place we have to start is filibuster reform. i mean i think part of the problem is that this institution of the united states senate is largely been dead locked for the past few years and i don't believe i'm a representative of a small state, i don't think we should eliminate the filibuster but i think there are reforms that can be made and it may well be that my first vote on january 3 or 4 will be in that area. i know there's some very substantial discussions going on. most people believe, i think -- we'll find out when the votes are cast -- that something really has to be done because the country has some problems. you listed a bunch of them, energy, health care costs,
as bill clinton would say it's just arithmetic >> brown: many talk that way and then come in and then look where we are. a very divided country. very divided government. can you give me a specific example of something that interests you, a subject for us now whether fiscal, environmental, energy immigration all kinds of things on the table you're walking into. how would you bridge the difference? >> well, i think one place we have to start is filibuster reform. i mean i think part...
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. >> they do, but there is hip pock chris circumstance look at bill clinton. he is one of the most revered and popular ex-presidents in history and you he was a pretty naughty boy as president, you know? i don't think the american public are quite as puritanical to people they linings as to people maybe they don't like so much. >> like whom? >> eliot spitzer would come to mind. >> that wasn't exactly an affair. that was a business arrangement, right? a little different, i think. but you are right. i think the public cuts a lot of soft core for those they love. >> "capturing camelot," a guy called stanley, an official photographer for the kennedys. >> he really wasn't, piers, he was a real old-time photojournalist who had immense access to the kennedys. >> but wasn't official? >> no. no. >> they just let him in. >> they let him n and they let him in for the reasons we were just talking about. they -- he had a very symbiotic relationship with the kennedys. he made them look good and they gave him access. >> they understood the power of this kind of image. i mean
. >> they do, but there is hip pock chris circumstance look at bill clinton. he is one of the most revered and popular ex-presidents in history and you he was a pretty naughty boy as president, you know? i don't think the american public are quite as puritanical to people they linings as to people maybe they don't like so much. >> like whom? >> eliot spitzer would come to mind. >> that wasn't exactly an affair. that was a business arrangement, right? a little different,...
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you remember that bill clinton as one of his last agenda items as president tried to come up with peace between the israelis and the palestinians. he failed. now secretary of state hillary clinton has left what was supposed to be her last trip with the president to asia. she made her way. she has just landed in jerusalem. she will meet tonight with prime minister benjamin netanyahu. she does not plan to meet with the palestinians. she will go to ramallah tomorrow . she will meet with president abbas. remember, abbas has little control over things in the gaza strip and little influence over hamas. she will then fly to egypt where she is slated to meet with the president tomorrow and her 5* ides say she -- aides say she will be in time there. >> what does she hope to accomplish there, jennifer? >> that's a good question. i just got off the phone with the israeli am ambassador. he says as of right now there is no agreement to a cease-fire in israel by the israelis in the gaza strip. there is no agreement right now. he said secretary of state hillary clinton's visit there is for diplomacy,
you remember that bill clinton as one of his last agenda items as president tried to come up with peace between the israelis and the palestinians. he failed. now secretary of state hillary clinton has left what was supposed to be her last trip with the president to asia. she made her way. she has just landed in jerusalem. she will meet tonight with prime minister benjamin netanyahu. she does not plan to meet with the palestinians. she will go to ramallah tomorrow . she will meet with president...
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that bill clinton, the former u.s. president, be named a special middle east u.s. enjoy. george mitchell had that until about a year and a half ago. what do you think of that idea? >> there's no bigger fan of bill clinton than me. he's got a huge experience in the middle east. but all these decisions have to be taken by the president and the new secretary of state. but whatever you do by way of people coming into the situation, whether it's bill clinton, me, george mitchell, whoever it is, the essential thing is you have to have a strategy to move this situation forward. and i think the basic three principles offered are, one, a credible political negotiation, which has some shape or framework to it. so we're negotiating the basic outlines of that negotiation. secondly, there are changes on the ground, both in the economy and development that support the negotiation, don't operate against it. and thirdly, there's got to be some way of reconciling palestinian politics on the right type of basis so that you're dealing with a united partner on the palestinian side as well as
that bill clinton, the former u.s. president, be named a special middle east u.s. enjoy. george mitchell had that until about a year and a half ago. what do you think of that idea? >> there's no bigger fan of bill clinton than me. he's got a huge experience in the middle east. but all these decisions have to be taken by the president and the new secretary of state. but whatever you do by way of people coming into the situation, whether it's bill clinton, me, george mitchell, whoever it...
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natalie. >> it will be interesting to see if bill clinton got in the mix there. does israel fear recriminations, wolf, of a ground assault which it saw in 2008? >> israel is very worried about what would happen not only to its own troops, but what would happen in gaza because you go into a densely populated yak liar gaza and armored personnel carriers. it's going to be ugly. there's no doubt about that. they want to avoid it, at the same time they want to end these rockets and missiles coming into israel. it's not an easy decision for them, and i suspect there's a limited amount of time before the prime minister makes up his mind together with his cabinet what he is going to do. >> all right. wolf blitzer for us live many jerusalem. we'll hear more from you, wolf, on the situation room coming up at 4:00. thank you so much. wolf blitzer. to our team of correspondents that we have there in the middle east throughout the border in gaza city and, wolf there in jerusalem along with christian amanpour. we'll continue to follow developments. we have learned in this hour
natalie. >> it will be interesting to see if bill clinton got in the mix there. does israel fear recriminations, wolf, of a ground assault which it saw in 2008? >> israel is very worried about what would happen not only to its own troops, but what would happen in gaza because you go into a densely populated yak liar gaza and armored personnel carriers. it's going to be ugly. there's no doubt about that. they want to avoid it, at the same time they want to end these rockets and...